At Notre-Dame de Paris, Emmanuel Macron’s “successful bet” | EUROtoday

“Here we are. » This Friday, November 29, Emmanuel Macron is so moved to have won his bet that he did not want to wait. A week before the grandiose ceremony planned for December 7 for the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, to which around a hundred heads of state will be invited, the President of the Republic savors, alone, or almost, the fruit of the titanic work carried out by journeymen, craftsmen, carpenters, master glassmakers, rope access technicians and other experts in historic monuments to restore the architectural jewel ravaged by flames, five and a half years earlier.

“How beautiful it is”he marvels, from the sq. in entrance of the cathedral, elevating his eyes to the sky, as if to thank God, whereas the cameras intrude into the nave of Notre-Dame. Bare head, with out helmet, right here he wanders, dazzled, in entrance of the altar, underneath the framework, within the chapels, admiring the cleaned marble and the restored blondness of the constructing. Valuing every commerce, he salutes the feat achieved.

Officially, this seventh and ultimate go to to the positioning by Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by the mayor of the capital, Anne Hidalgo, and the Archbishop of Paris, M^gr Laurent Ulrich, and Philippe Jost, the president of the general public institution for the reconstruction of Notre-Dame – he changed General Jean-Louis Georgelin, who died in 2023 – goals to thank the patrons and the roughly 2,000 individuals who labored day and night time, close to or far, on the work reconstructed identically whereas respecting the strategies of yesteryear.

It is a tribute to French generosity and know-how. The finish of a cycle, too, earlier than the cathedral is “returned” to the Church. More unofficially, the occasion, described by the Elysée as a “day of brilliance”serves as a political platform for a president in want of recognition. The feat of Notre-Dame can also be its personal, helps the shut guard of the Head of State, who insists that it’s “the president who gave the impetus”.

From the central aisle, in entrance of an viewers of architects, logisticians, restaurateurs and carpenters proud to unveil the results of 5 years of labor, Emmanuel Macron remembers the tragedy of 2019, this ” nightmare “he remembers. The fireplace which set the constructing ablaze had brought about a world stir, scary, within the prime minister of the time, Edouard Philippe, an assault of tremors which the particular person involved confesses in his work Places that say (JC Lattès, 2023).

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